Press Releases
Majority's Draft Contempt Citation for AG Leaked to Press without Committee Members Seeing It
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa reiterating his request for documents and transcribed interviews of two former members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) based on new information obtained by the agency's Inspector General.
Committee Republicans Oppose Amendments to Protect Kids and Seniors
Washington, DC – After raising significant objections today to a Republican bill to ban regulations if the national unemployment rate is higher than six percent, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney succeeded in forcing Committee Republicans to exempt from their ban regulations that combat discrimination against women and minorities.
Washington, DC— Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent letters to Thomas Donohue, President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S.
Washington, DC - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Committee's Ranking Member, today wrote to Department of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, requesting a committee staff briefing and detailed information about the investigation surrounding the 12 military personnel implicated in the prostitution scandal in Cartagena, Colombia.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Rep. Henry A.
WASHINGTON, DC -The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, will consider and vote on H.R. 2146, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA).
The bill establishes strong reporting standards for federal spending information - building upon the proven "Recovery Operations Center" and the landmark USASpending.gov - to build a single electronic system that combines spending information from agencies, the Treasury, and directly from recipients of federal funds.
Follow this link to read the joint letter from Ranking Member Cummings and Chairman Issa to U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan.
Washington, DC – Today, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee unanimously agreed to the inclusion of an amendment by Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings to use revenue generated from tax levies on Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts to pay down the nation's deficit.
"Let me be clear: this revenue should be used to reduce the federal deficit," Cummings said. "It should not be used to pay for a transportation bill or any other government program."
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that the Committee consider the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 at its upcoming business meeting on April 18, 2012.